Indigenous initiatives

Respect for the land's traditional stewards has inspired us to become leaders in Indigenous legal issues. Tsartlip First Nation Master Carver Charles W. Elliott educates first-year JD students about local Indigenous history and laws.

Graduate students

Alumni Aaron Mills’ PhD work was at the forefront of the movement to restore and revitalize Indigenous systems of law, one of the central recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission report.

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Moot court practice

UVic Law participates in a wide range of moots and competitions throughout Canada. Practice your burgeoning legal skills in judged competitions against other law schools in exciting and instructive forums.

Law in action

UVic Law is one of Canada's leading law schools, known for the strength of our academic program, approach to experiential learning and our commitment to community engagement and social justice.

Our school has the largest number of clinical placements per student in the country, strengths across a wide range of disciplines, long-term partnerships with Indigenous communities and a deeply-held ethic of social contribution.

Located on the stunning Pacific Rim, UVic Law is rich with Indigenous and international perspectives. Our small size, collegial atmosphere, student support programs and incredible faculty attract a community of diverse, engaged and passionate students determined to make an impact.

The Centre for Asia Pacific Initiatives presents: Michael Peil, Vice-Dean of Jigme Singye Wangchuck Law School, Bhutan will discuss Bhutan's new law school curriculum. 12:30 pm Room 158 Fraser Building University of Victoria

Looking at how life has “bounced back” (or not) after the 2011 TEPCO nuclear disaster in Fukushima, Japan, this talk builds on critiques of the neoliberal virtue of resilience by examining the value placed on multispecies resilience after Fukushima. Describing multispecies resilience as forgiving makes visible the affective as well as material economies within which other animals become instrumental to redeeming a future for catastrophic capitalism.

It is often said that Indigenous peoples’ relationship to the land – and Indigenous peoples’ law – are sacred. What does “sacred” mean in this context? What should it convey to non-Indigenous Canadians when they engage with Indigenous peoples? How can you understand another person’s sense of the sacred? Two of UVic’s leading Indigenous scholars, John Borrows and Val Napoleon, will discuss the sacred in Indigenous law and reconciliation. They are key figures in UVic’s proposed dual-degree program in Canadian law and Indigenous law. In this conversation, they will explore the nature of Indigenous law and pose important – and challenging – questions about the role of the sacred. Free event, Registration required: